Corporate Solicitor
Company
Location
Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
9/9/2025
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Description
The role
We
are seeking a qualified solicitor with NQ-3PQE experience in M&A to join
our Corporate Team in the Nottingham Office. This is a fantastic opportunity to
join our busy Nottingham Corporate Team working on a wide range of private
equity and M&A transactions. The successful candidate will also gain
exposure across our National Corporate Unit and be given the opportunity to
assist the wider national team on a variety of M&A, capital markets, cross
border transactions & investments, investment acquisitions, corporate
structuring projects and private equity (to name a few) corporate transactions.
The team
With
a team of 70 corporate lawyers nationally, we advise clients on all types of
corporate activity across the UK. Our Corporate team has been recognised
nationally including: Corporate Law Firm of the Year Insider Media Dealmakers
Awards The Times Best Law Firms - commended for "Company &
Commercial" and "Banking & Finance" (National). Our
Corporate team is thriving with an impressive client list, making it the ideal
place for ambitious corporate lawyers to grow their careers.
In
Nottingham, you’ll join a collaborative team within the Corporate Unit,
providing a nurturing environment with genuine long-term progression prospects.
For over thirty years, corporate deal-making has been at our core. Clients
return and recommend us because of our technical expertise, capacity, and
proactive approach, consistently exceeding expectations. With a client-centric
ethos, team stability, and experienced deal leaders, we’re known for our
dynamism, entrepreneurial spirit, and practical approach. We act as trusted
advisers across diverse sectors like manufacturing, retail, recruitment, and
education.
The person
The
role will involve working on a broad range of matters including mergers and
acquisitions (acting for sellers and buyers) and on shares and business
transactions. Our successful candidate will have NQ-3 years PQE and be a very
personable, bright and confident individual. They will be a robust individual
and will have the strength of character to interact effectively with colleagues
and clients at every level.
job description is not an exhaustive list due to the requirements of the role.
Therefore, the job holder may be required from time to time to carry out other
ad hoc tasks as requested.
About You
About Us
The benefits
With
support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
our great development and progression opportunities will reward your commitment
and loyalty. We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be
rewarded for your individual performance with an opportunity to receive an
annual bonus.
In addition, we have a wide range of learning and development opportunities via
our Learn platform to develop new skills and progress your career. Our My Flex
comprehensive rewards package includes options covering annual leave (and the
benefit of purchasing extra days), cycle to work, critical illness benefit,
employee assistance programme, group personal pension, health care, season
ticket loan and many more benefits (grade dependent). Finally, with Perks At
Work/Home you can select a host of retail benefits that suit your needs
alongside a Community Online Academy, free courses for all from fitness to
coding to languages to hip hop dance.
We are Gateley
We
are forward thinking and straight talking, our approach is to find solutions to
the problems that our clients face. Gateley is a legal and professional
services group, we are a group of formidable experts in all areas of law and
business. Passionate problem solvers, we get our kicks from finding the right
answers and getting our legal and business clients where they need to be. We
support more than 5,700 active clients, ranging from FTSE 100 companies to
private individuals, in the UK and beyond. Being part of Gateley is not just
about the expertise that you bring; it's about attitude too.
The
'Gateley Story' is the story of our people and our culture. It is what has got
us to where we are today as a successful business and it's the driving force
behind the Gateley Team Spirit and the values that have shaped it. We have a
set of shared internal values that capture what the Gateley Team Spirit is and
this includes five elements that bind us all together as one Gateley: Ambitious
for Success, Forward Thinking, Room to Breathe, Trusted to Do and Working
Together. Every year across the group, we recognise members of our team that
have gone and above and beyond and have lived these shared values. They are
recognised at our annual Gateley Team Spirit awards.
Diversity, inclusion
and well being
Diversity,
inclusion and well being is an important part of Gateley's culture and values.
We recruit talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures,
providing equal opportunities for all to join our team regardless of age, sex,
race, sexual orientation, disability, or culture.
We
create an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone's
potential and together to achieve personal and business goals. We offer
flexible working patterns to help our staff achieve a good work/ life balance
and we encourage candidates seeking flexibility in their next role to apply
for any of our vacancies.
We
are proud to have been recognised by The Law Society as gold standard for our
Diversity and Inclusion Charter and to be Stonewall Diversity Champions.
Additional
Information
If
you are successful in receiving an offer of a role with our company a variety
of pre-employment screening checks will be completed. Our screening checks can
include but are not limited to your eligibility to work, professional and
Academic Qualifications, Any Criminal Records, Your Financial Stability And
references from previous employers. The screening that takes place will be
relevant to your role and will vary from role to role.
We
are seeking a qualified solicitor with NQ-3PQE experience in M&A to join
our Corporate Team in the Nottingham Office. This is a fantastic opportunity to
join our busy Nottingham Corporate Team working on a wide range of private
equity and M&A transactions. The successful candidate will also gain
exposure across our National Corporate Unit and be given the opportunity to
assist the wider national team on a variety of M&A, capital markets, cross
border transactions & investments, investment acquisitions, corporate
structuring projects and private equity (to name a few) corporate transactions.
The team
With
a team of 70 corporate lawyers nationally, we advise clients on all types of
corporate activity across the UK. Our Corporate team has been recognised
nationally including: Corporate Law Firm of the Year Insider Media Dealmakers
Awards The Times Best Law Firms - commended for "Company &
Commercial" and "Banking & Finance" (National). Our
Corporate team is thriving with an impressive client list, making it the ideal
place for ambitious corporate lawyers to grow their careers.
In
Nottingham, you’ll join a collaborative team within the Corporate Unit,
providing a nurturing environment with genuine long-term progression prospects.
For over thirty years, corporate deal-making has been at our core. Clients
return and recommend us because of our technical expertise, capacity, and
proactive approach, consistently exceeding expectations. With a client-centric
ethos, team stability, and experienced deal leaders, we’re known for our
dynamism, entrepreneurial spirit, and practical approach. We act as trusted
advisers across diverse sectors like manufacturing, retail, recruitment, and
education.
The person
The
role will involve working on a broad range of matters including mergers and
acquisitions (acting for sellers and buyers) and on shares and business
transactions. Our successful candidate will have NQ-3 years PQE and be a very
personable, bright and confident individual. They will be a robust individual
and will have the strength of character to interact effectively with colleagues
and clients at every level.
- Qualified England & Wales solicitor with minimum 1 years PQE
- Excellent commercial acumen
- Good face to face and documentary negotiation skills
- Ability and willingness to learn
- Attention to detail
- Organised with time and documents
- Good IT skills
- Discretion and professionalism
job description is not an exhaustive list due to the requirements of the role.
Therefore, the job holder may be required from time to time to carry out other
ad hoc tasks as requested.
About You
About Us
The benefits
With
support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
our great development and progression opportunities will reward your commitment
and loyalty. We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be
rewarded for your individual performance with an opportunity to receive an
annual bonus.
In addition, we have a wide range of learning and development opportunities via
our Learn platform to develop new skills and progress your career. Our My Flex
comprehensive rewards package includes options covering annual leave (and the
benefit of purchasing extra days), cycle to work, critical illness benefit,
employee assistance programme, group personal pension, health care, season
ticket loan and many more benefits (grade dependent). Finally, with Perks At
Work/Home you can select a host of retail benefits that suit your needs
alongside a Community Online Academy, free courses for all from fitness to
coding to languages to hip hop dance.
We are Gateley
We
are forward thinking and straight talking, our approach is to find solutions to
the problems that our clients face. Gateley is a legal and professional
services group, we are a group of formidable experts in all areas of law and
business. Passionate problem solvers, we get our kicks from finding the right
answers and getting our legal and business clients where they need to be. We
support more than 5,700 active clients, ranging from FTSE 100 companies to
private individuals, in the UK and beyond. Being part of Gateley is not just
about the expertise that you bring; it's about attitude too.
The
'Gateley Story' is the story of our people and our culture. It is what has got
us to where we are today as a successful business and it's the driving force
behind the Gateley Team Spirit and the values that have shaped it. We have a
set of shared internal values that capture what the Gateley Team Spirit is and
this includes five elements that bind us all together as one Gateley: Ambitious
for Success, Forward Thinking, Room to Breathe, Trusted to Do and Working
Together. Every year across the group, we recognise members of our team that
have gone and above and beyond and have lived these shared values. They are
recognised at our annual Gateley Team Spirit awards.
Diversity, inclusion
and well being
Diversity,
inclusion and well being is an important part of Gateley's culture and values.
We recruit talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures,
providing equal opportunities for all to join our team regardless of age, sex,
race, sexual orientation, disability, or culture.
We
create an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone's
potential and together to achieve personal and business goals. We offer
flexible working patterns to help our staff achieve a good work/ life balance
and we encourage candidates seeking flexibility in their next role to apply
for any of our vacancies.
We
are proud to have been recognised by The Law Society as gold standard for our
Diversity and Inclusion Charter and to be Stonewall Diversity Champions.
Additional
Information
If
you are successful in receiving an offer of a role with our company a variety
of pre-employment screening checks will be completed. Our screening checks can
include but are not limited to your eligibility to work, professional and
Academic Qualifications, Any Criminal Records, Your Financial Stability And
references from previous employers. The screening that takes place will be
relevant to your role and will vary from role to role.
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